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Legislation -
Bill Passed
(House)
(282-139) -
June 4, 2003(Key vote)

Title: Prohibit Partial-Birth/Late Term Abortion Bill

Vote Result

Yea Votes

Nay Votes

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that would prohibit any individual from knowingly performing the procedure known as intact dilation and extraction, in which a fetus/unborn child is partially delivered before it is aborted. The only exception is if the life of the woman is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury.

Highlights:

Allows for criminal prosecution of the individual that performs the act.

Prohibits prosecution of the woman on whom the abortion was performed.